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Daniel has produced a good deal of controversial debate, especially regarding its date and authorship and its apocalyptic character. In this study guide, Philip R. Davies carefully notes and evaluates the scholarly issues pertinent to this debate. Emphasis is placed on the literary and theological aspects of the book, which have been comparatively neglected, but which reflect the concerns and...

It is natural, of course, that as the anticipated climax of history approaches, so will the detail of description. But there is no denying two simple observations: that as time progresses, the book of Daniel becomes more detailed and (apparently) more accurate; and yet that at a precise point in its charting of the course of history the book departs from what we know to have happened. This point, according to most scholars, occurs at 11:40, where the genuine prediction is perhaps deliberately marked
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